 | Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...one evening (the llth of November) from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This .was the star in question. It was then as bright ar Sirius, and continued to increase till it... | |
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...one evening (the 1 1th of November) from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed... | |
 | John Farrar - Astronomy - 1834 - 504 pages
...one evening, the llth of November, from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1839 - 300 pages
...Give examples. Do they ever return ? Do stars ever disappear 1 day was surprized to find a collection of country people gazing at a star which he was sure...did not exist half an hour before. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase until it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1839 - 308 pages
...in 1572, was so sudden, that Tycho Brahe returning home one day was surprized to find a collection of country people gazing at a star which he was sure...did not exist half an hour before. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase until it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1841 - 486 pages
...in 1572 was so sudden, that Tycho Brahe, returning home one day, was surprised to find a collection of country people gazing at a star which he was sure...did not exist half an hour before. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase until it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 290 pages
...evening from his observatory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country-people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as brilliant as Sirius, and continued to increase, till... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Astronomy - 1843 - 604 pages
...evening from his observatory to his dwelling-house, was surprised to find a group of country-people gazing at a star, which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the star in question. It was then as brilliant as Sirius, and continued to increase, till... | |
 | John Lee COMSTOCK (and HOBLYN (Richard Dennis)), John Lee COMSTOCK - 1846 - 506 pages
...Brahe, returning one evening (Nov. 11) from his laboratory to his dwellinghouse, was surprised to find a group of country people gazing at a star, which...did not exist half an hour before. It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Science - 1846 - 580 pages
...Ith November from his laboratory to his dwelling-house, was astonished to find a crowd of peasants gazing at a star which he was sure did not exist half an hour before. This was the temporary star of 1572. It was then as bright as the Dog-star, and it continued to increase... | |
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It was then as bright as Sirius, and continued to increase till it surpassed Jupiter when brightest, and was visible at mid-day. It began to diminish in December of the same year, and in March 1574, had entirely disappeared. 
